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Business & Economy

How the international dispute over Tunisia’s first bank failure ended in drama

A long-running international dispute over Tunisia’s first ever failed bank has ended in dramatic fashion, after four decades of clashes in…

Kawthar Zantour 31 December , 2023
'When I arrived, I discovered half of the people on the boat suffocated to death' Eduardo Ramon
Culture & Social Affairs

'When I arrived, I discovered half of the people on the boat suffocated to death'

In the summer of 2021, desperate to secure a better future for himself and his family, Ahmad decided to up and leave his native city of Tripoli in…

Samer Zreik, Sabr Darwish, and Mohammed Abi Samra 31 December , 2023
Grigori Rasputin
Documents & Memoirs

On the anniversary of Rasputin’s death, Faith healer or religious charlatan?

In 1929, the Busch Circus toured France with a special programme featuring 31-year-old Russian lion-tamer and dancer Maria Rasputin as “daughter of…

Sami Moubayed 30 December , 2023
Opinion

Al-Assad pounds Idlib as global attention on Gaza

For nearly three months, the world's attention has rightfully centred on Gaza, drawn by the distressing realities that have been unfolding there. The…

Haid Haid 30 December , 2023
An armed Houthi fighter walks through the beach with the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the background, seized by the Houthis offshore of the Al-Salif port on the Red Sea in the province of Hodeidah, Yemen, 05 December 2023 EPA
Politics

Can Egypt ease Red Sea tensions?

A surge in high-level contacts between Egypt and Iran is fuelling speculation in Cairo about whether Egypt can use its soft power to ease tensions in…

Amr Emam 30 December , 2023
The crossings people make from the Middle East and North Africa can cost their life Andrei Cojocaru
Culture & Social Affairs

Risking a watery grave for a European paradise

He comes from an influential clan in eastern Syria and has been living in the small German city of Düren for five years.Aged 45, he is anonymous…

Mohamed abi Samra 30 December , 2023
Opinion

When does voluntary exodus from Gaza amount to forced displacement?

If by "displacement" we mean tens or even hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from Gaza to the Egyptian Sinai overnight, then this has not yet…

Ibrahim Hamidi 03 January , 2024
An Israeli soldier operates in the Gaza Strip in this handout picture released on December 29, 2023. Reuters
Politics

Egypt proposal to end Gaza war would see Hamas relinquish control to technocrat government

The leadership of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad are currently pouring over a document presented to them by Egypt with proposals to end the war in Gaza…

Ibrahim Hamidi 29 December , 2023
Feurat Alani holds the 2023 Arab Literature Award. Arab World Institute
Culture & Social Affairs

Feurat Alani’s “I Remember Fallujah”: An exploration of the power of memory

French-Iraqi author Feurat Alani’s novel I Remember Fallujah recently received the prestigious Arab Literature Prize from the Arab World Institute in…

Samir Qasimi 29 December , 2023
The two warring generals, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) were promoted by al-Bashir’s military doctrine and were two pillars of his regime.
Politics

Can Sudan’s warring generals meet for peace?

Rumours are swirling in Sudanese circles about a potential face-to-face meeting between Generals Al-Burhan and Hemedti, leaders of opposing factions,…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 29 December , 2023
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Israeli spy Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

29, Sep 2026

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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